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NEW YORK (AP) — “Well, it took a minute,” said Spike Lee, surveying the glittering Met Gala crowd during cocktail hour through bright orange glasses that matched his New York Knicks cap. “But we're here now, that’s the most important thing.

NEW YORK (AP) — Lizzy McAlpine is surrounded by music these days. She's making her Broadway debut in a daring stage musical, and when she retreats to her dressing room, her own songs demand attention. “When the inspiration hits, I've got to write.

Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US) 1. Drop 2. Captain America: Brave New World 3. Mickey 17 4. Death of a Unicorn 5. A Working Man 6. The Friend 7. Conclave 8. Dog Man 9. Black Bag 10. The Monkey The Associated Press

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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List) 1. 25 Alive by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown and Company) 2. Great Big Beautiful Life: Reese’s Book Club by Emily Henry(Penguin Publishing Group) 3.

LONDON (AP) — Skype is dead. What now? Microsoft's shutdown of Skype on May 5 sent millions of users scrambling to find an alternative to the pioneering internet phone service.

Soprano Patricia Racette will become artistic director of the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, filling a key management position of a company she has been associated with since her debut there in 1993.

INVERNESS, Scotland (AP) — As we crossed the Kessock Bridge into the rolling hills outside Inverness, green fields of early-spring barley still had months to grow until harvest.

NEW YORK (AP) — Rihanna shut down a rainy Met Gala on Monday in a pinstripe look and a huge hat, her newly announced baby bump on display after announcing her pregnancy with baby No. 3 earlier in the day.

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — In a world of trade wars, tariffs and tensions, foreign diplomats in Zimbabwe found a more lighthearted way to vie for supremacy: a cooking contest.